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Pseudonacaduba aethiops
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pseudonacaduba
Species:	P. aethiops
Binomial name
Pseudonacaduba aethiops (Mabille, 1877)
Synonyms
Lycaena aethiops Mabille, 1877 Lycaena melania Capronnier, 1889 Nacaduba stratola Holland, 1891

Pseudonacaduba aethiops, the dark line blue or dark African line blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Africa from Nigeria (east and the Cross River loop) to western Kenya and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests.

Adult males visit damp patches to drink.

The larvae feed on Mundulea species.

References

1. Pseudonacaduba at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-05.

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 73

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• Butterflies described in 1877
• Polyommatini
• Butterflies of Africa
• Taxa named by Paul Mabille
• Polyommatini stubs